The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 2, 2062
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
7:50 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1727
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.6° / 150.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 15m / 12.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.96° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.13° / -2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.71° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.